Stone House Conversion is a remodeling project carried out by Henkin Shavit Architecture & Design.
Stone House
Conversion by Henkin Shavit Architecture & Design:
“A
residential private house for preservation that has been re-designed and planed
anew in the old city of Safed. The web of crowded housing of old stone
buildings in the old quarter of Safed is a complex context dictating a dialogue
between the old and the new, between preservation and renewal and between the
traditional and the trendy. The house is an old stone building, built in the shape of the Hebrew
letter “Chet” , surrounding and inner courtyard. In its original layout, it
contains five levels: the wine cellar level, 3 residential levels and the upper
level – balconies and outer spaces.
The planning
concept included values of both preservation and renewal, while connecting
between the inner and the outer and between the public and the private. The
courtyard, which is an outer space, serves the function of a public space in
the new house and the peripheral spaces function as the private spaces of the
new house.
The
Designers, Henkin Irit & Shavit Zohar started the projects with the complex
stage of documentation and getting acquainted with the various formative and
material aspects of the site after carrying out a comprehensive stage of
exposing the site. Stone walls, arches, stone niches and impressive water well
were all exposed at this stage. After this stage, the plan and the different
sections were consolidated. The house has an impressive vertical section and a
light steel and wood bridge connects the two masses adjacent to the public
space. This bridge corresponds with an original flight of stairs, which
dictates the vertical circulation.
“The design
of the house presents the old via original lime-stones, arches, vaults and
niches, while the new gets represented by materials such as concrete, mosaics,
steel and tin threshing, as well as transparent and semi-transparent glass”,
Henkin Shavit.
The house
program includes a kitchen, salon and a dining corner on ground level. The
cellar level contains storage place and a space for the landlords’
grandchildren to play in. The middle level contains a hosting unit + a toilet
and a shower. In the upper level there is a sleeping and working area with attached
bathroom and toilet. This space is made up of a bridge leading to the different
two wings, which are also attached with balconies and outer spaces.
The upper
level consists of a big balcony overlooking a magnificent view of the
surroundings in general and Mt. Meron in particular.”
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